Cafe of Exile

Chapter Eighteen

Scott picked up his phone, and dialled Isobel's number; he stood in the doorway of the meeting room waiting for her to answer.

"Huh," Scott said as he hung up. "What?" Nadia said as she sat back in her chair looking at Scott with her pen in her mouth biting on it. "She didn't answer she is probably sleeping already," Scott replied while looking down at his watch.

Nadia looked down at hers, "It is getting there, we probably can call it a night, I imagine she is probably asleep anyway" Nadia said as she stood up and pushed her chair in. She brushed past Scott and walked over to her desk. "You should head out too, Isobel is supposed to be back tomorrow, we have a lot to do, we discovered lot already today," Nadia said as she locked up things in her desk and put her jacket on. "Yeah, and we have to figure out why Tyler was in her yard," Scott said while walking over to his desk.

"Tyler was over in her yard?" Nadia said while almost walking out the door to the stairs. "Yeah," Scott said while adjusting his jacket. "He was standing in the back yard, she wasn't sure why, but she said he got into a blue car with someone and they drove off," Scott said while walking to the door. "You sent a squad car I assume," Nadia said while walking out with Scott. "A while ago yes," Scott added.

While walking out the doors, and down the couple flights of stairs, both checked their cell phones for anything from Isobel. "Anything?" Nadia asked as she put her phone back in her pocket. "No" Scott stated as he put his away as well. They reached the bottom of the stairs and continued to walk to the entrance. "I parked over here, so I'll see you tomorrow drive safe," Scott said as he walked left, and Nadia walked right. "You too," Nadia stated as she waved bye.

The next day, Isobel laid in bed, looking at the ceiling watching the fan spin around. She was debating if she should tell the captain everything.. He would ultimately remove her from the case and let Nadia and Scott handle the case. "No, you're fine. You have a handle on your emotions you can do this." Isobel said as she pinned her eyes on a single blade of the fan and watched it spin around.

She heard her alarm going off she looked to her left, and hit the snooze button then laid back on her back to continue watching the fan. She felt calm, but she also felt confusion. "Yeah, Isobel you have five minutes before this alarm goes back off and it'll blast you in the ear and give you a mini heart attack. Get your rear in gear" She said to herself as she rips off the blanket and flings her legs over the side of the bed to sit up. Isobel flips the switch to her alarm clock to off and sat there. She took a deep breath and looked at the glass of water sitting next to her bed on the nightstand. She took a few sips and put it back down.

"I guess," Isobel said as she got up, and stood in the doorway of the bathroom. She looked over at the bathtub and had a flashback of last night remembering what happened. She closed her eyes and shook her head to get the image out. "Shower." She said with a smile. "New Day." She added. She walked over to the tub, and started the shower, then got in.

While she was in the shower she could faintly hear her phone ringing, Isobel peaked her head out from around the shower curtain to look on the bathroom counter to see who was calling. Her phone read "Detective Scott". "Yeah he will have to wait a minute," Isobel said as she read it with one eye open and soap dripping down from her hair onto her closed eye. She closed the shower curtain and massaged the shampoo into her hair. "Just a quick shower Scott. Then I will be there." Isobel said to herself as she rinsed the shampoo out. She quickly washed up and got out.

As she wrapped her hair up, she grabbed her phone and called Scott back. "Hey. I was in the shower." Isobel said as she towel-dried her hair and walked into her closet trying to multi-task. "Do you plan to be here today?" Scott asked as he glanced over into the captains' office from his desk. "yeah?" Isobel said as she pulled down an outfit that was hanging up in her closet. "I'll be there in ... I don't know I have to just get dressed. But I will be there" Isobel said without wanting to give an exact time.